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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a victory girl?
(a) A military nurse.
(b) A girl who joined the Women's Army Corps.
(c) A girl who sang with Bob Hope.
(d) A girl who danced at the USO and wrote letters to soldiers.

2. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?
(a) "Look what pretty planes we got."
(b) "Makes you proud to be an American."
(c) "Here comes trouble."
(d) "Today might be my last on earth."

3. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?
(a) Weapon recognition.
(b) Aircraft recognition.
(c) Fascist philosophy.
(d) German language.

4. What does Peter Ota tell us is worse than death in Japanese culture?
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Shame.
(c) Fear.
(d) Unkindness.

5. What is a dogfight?
(a) Bombing.
(b) Hand-to-hand combat.
(c) Infantry warfare.
(d) Two airplanes firing at each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?

2. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?

3. What was a Victory Garden?

4. After the war, how did the community in Long Beach change, according to Sheril Cunning?

5. What racism did Sheril Cunning experience growing up in California?

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